Mardi gras massacre is a 1978 american horror film written and directed by jack weis. Murder at the mardi gras 1978 two tourists share an unlikely romance amid the excitement and intrigue of new orleans during mardi gras. Mardi gras massacre is a sleazy trash with misogynistic murders and tons of hilarity. In 1978, a low budget grindhouse flick found its way into american cinemas which did aim to use one of americas favorite festivals as its setting. Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of. Play as coed, all female or all male the characters are gender flexible. Regarder mardi gras massacre 1978 en streaming gratuit complet.
Sep 25, 2016 one of the rarest tapes on the uks official video nasty list, mardi gras massacre is an amateurish and tawdry gore flick of no discernible interest. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The movie opens with this weirdo, immediately identified as the antagonist by his bad guy voice, his fancy suit in a bar full of tutes, and his persistent desire to meet the most evil prostitute in new orleans. His victim selection is pretty simple, consisting of wandering into bars and asking whos the most evil woman in the room. Fine details are present throughout the upgrade of mardi gras massacre. It stars nicholas dagosto, josh gad, bret harrison, arielle kebbel, danneel harris, regina hall, and carmen electra. The mardi gras murders introduced too many characters at one time and did little to shift the scenery of the book. New orleans big annual event, mardi gras, is always the day before ash wednesday which itself is always forty days before easter excluding sundays. Youre invited to the calypso ball, the inaugural ball hosted by the firstever allfemale krewe.
Once of the policemen investigating the killings becomes involved with a prostitute who may end up as one of the killers victims. The segment on the natchez uprising, mardi gras masquerade, and torture is. The sydney mardi gras march of 1978 the university of sydney. One of the rarest tapes on the uks official video nasty list, mardi gras massacre is an amateurish and tawdry gore flick of no discernible interest. Feb 22, 2016 the violence, unrest and resistance of the sydney mardi gras of 1978 has clear parallels to stonewall. I marched in the first mardi gras in 1978 and im still marching today. With curt dawson, gwen arment, william metzo, laura misch owens. Murder at the mardi gras 1978 the movie database tmdb. The film follows a trio of senior college students who visit new orleans during the mardi gras season.
Mardi gras massacre from the grindhouse cinema database. The sex and gorefilled slasher flick mardi gras massacre 1978 features a maskwearing aztec priest who starts selecting prostitutes in the big easy to ritually sacrifice to the goddess coatla while a hardboiled detective hunts him down during the mardi gras season. Mardi gras simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Authentic mardi gras krewe shirt get a jump start on mardi gras season great to product sold by etsy. A psycho aztec priest named john metzo is stalking the streets of the big easy just before mardi gras looking for the most corrupt women he can find as offerings to his god. Turning to face nicks mother i found a rather anxious looking neighbor looking my way, who had no idea what was happening. Mardi gras 2 is open 7 days a week, with some of the areas most beautiful adult entertainers. Armed with plenty of bare skin, gory fx, and a story about sacrificial murders, would the filmmakers behind mardi gras massacre succeed in crafting a classic. Parade floats fill the streets and each evening, various krewes throw lavish masked balls. Check out more movies that start with m and movies from 1978. His appointment is in part a political one, as his superiors seem to know more about ricks past than even he cares to remember. He founded his own mardi gras parade shortly after that the krewe of orpheus. Lorne greene mardi gras celebrity kings pictures cbs news.
Video nasty list video nasty list keywords dpp director of public prosecutions bbfc british board of film censors british board of film classification banned in the united kingdom banned in the uk banned in england banned movies mary whitehouse lowbudget horror movies lowbudget horror films strict codes of censorship the uks. I was so bogged down by so many characters and little change in scenery that i literally found myself waking up from deep naps after wading through a few passages. Many cities especially those with large catholic populations like new orleans are famous for their mardi gras. William metzo is looking for an evil woman in mardi gras massacre. Back to the march we started off from taylor square in a festive mood.
May 28, 2015 mardi gras massacre 1978 scene finding the most evil girl in the bar duration. In this terror filled feature, a killer is on the loose. Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during mardi gras in. Nope, electric light orchestra doesnt make an appearance, but theres plenty of licensed disco funk in this lowbudget schlocker. Ill parade in this mardi gras with my wife of 31 years. Mardi gras french vocabulary lawless french holiday lesson. The police hunt a serial killer who ritualistically murders women during mardi gras. Tonight, we look at the 1978 horror flick written and directed by jack weis. Mardi gras is an annual celebration of extravagance and overindulgence before lent. Page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1 this shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Mardi gras massacre the grindhouse cinema database. He narrows his eyes and says to his female victims i. Mardi gras massacre 1978, usa is a horror film directed by jack weis.
Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during mardi gras in new orleans. The film concerns a weirdo who picks up prostitutes who he thinks are evil and sacrifices them to an ancient god. It surely is one of the most unintentionally amusing experiences one can have. Mardi gras massacre isnt one of the more well know video nasties. It had so far proven to be something of a frustrating week, and i had to admit that by the thursday morning i was beginning to feel a bit down, even if that was the day on which both assistant commissioner barrett and the police minister were due to face their accusers, according to our friends in internal affairs. Mardi gras is written all festive, but massacre is very matteroffact, and adorned with blood. The violence, unrest and resistance of the sydney mardi gras of 1978 has clear parallels to stonewall. A crazed killer seeks out prostitutes and sacrifices them each tuesday to an aztec goddess. Murder at the mardi gras masquerade ball murder mystery party. Mardi gras massacre is based on the movie that broke the barrier in showing gore on screen, the 1963 blood feast, but massacre puts the gore in new orleans and makes the ancient rituals aztec. Still banned in the uk, tame slasher in the vein of hg lewis by kat ellinger on july 10, 20 0.
The year is 1899 in new orleans, and mardi gras celebrations are underway. Mardi gras massacre 1978 is the discosoaked story of a man, his rubbing oils, and the fully nude prostitutes and strippers that serve as his gorestrewn sacrifices to an aztec god. The guest list is varied, as calypso has invited one of the oldest allmale. William metzo in his lone feature film leading role is the psychotic john, who is down in new orleans looking for evil women read. The official slogan is let the good times roll, which is translated literally into french as laissez les bons temps rouler and is used only in louisiana. Mardi gras massacre 1978 0811 1978 us horror 1h 37m. On april 27, 2015, christine foster, a liberal party councillor and the sister of the then australian prime minister, tony abbott, moved a motion at the sydney city council calling for a formal apology to the original gay and lesbian mardi gras marchers. But to simplify matters for carnival historiansand for those eager to partake in the revelries to comewe present this list of dates for mardi gras celebrations back to 1947 as well as for the years through 2050. Murder at mardi gras mystery game shot in the dark. Not so here, as mardi gras massacre lurches on and on in an endless parade of repetitive gore sequences and painfully bad police procedurals. Mardi gras fat tuesday is a festival held the day before ash wednesday shrove tuesday, signifying the end of the carnival season and the start of lent. Mardi gras massacre cast starring william metzo, gwen arment, curt dawson, laura misch owens, cathryn lacey. Mardi gras massacre 1978 scene finding the most evil girl in the bar duration.
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